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  <h1>Showing or Hiding Files in the Project Explorer View</h1>
  <p>You can choose to hide system files or generated class files in one of the navigation views. (System files are
  those that have only a file extension but no file name, for example .classpath.)</p>
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    <li>On the toolbar for the Project Explorer, click the <b>Menu</b> button <img src="../images/view_menu.svg" alt=
    "Menu button" border="0"> to open the drop-down menu of display options.</li>
    <li>Select <b>Filters and Customization..,</b>.</li>
    <li>In the dialog box that opens, select the Filters tab and then select the checkboxes for the types of files that
    you want to hide or define your own name-based filters in the User filters tab.</li>
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  <p>In addition, you can restrict the displayed files to a working set.</p>
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    <li>On the toolbar for the Project Explorer, click the <b>Menu</b> button <img src="../images/view_menu.svg" alt=
    "Menu button" border="0"> to open the drop-down menu of display options.</li>
    <li>Choose <b>Select Working Set...</b></li>
    <li>Select an existing working set from the list or create a new one by selecting <b>New...</b></li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-12.htm">Resources</a><br>
  <a href="../concepts/concepts-17.htm">Resource hierarchies</a><br>
  <a href="../reference/ref-27.htm">Project Explorer view</a><br>
  <a href="../concepts/cworkset.htm">Working sets</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="tasks-49.htm">Viewing resource properties</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-46ag.htm">Finding a resource quickly</a>
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